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Author:

Baumgartner, Kabria, 1982- author.

Title:

In pursuit of knowledge : Black women and educational activism in antebellum America / Kabria Baumgartner.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

x, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

1800-1899
African American women educators--History--19th century.
African American women political activists--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--History--19th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--19th century.
African American women educators.
African American women political activists.
African Americans--Education.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Race relations.
United States--History--History--19th century.
United States.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-276) and index.

Contents:

Prayer and protest at the Canterbury Female Seminary -- Race and reform at the Young Ladies' Domestic Seminary -- Women teachers in New York City -- Race, gender, and the American high school -- Black girlhood and equal school rights -- Character education and the antebellum classroom -- Conclusion. Going forward.

Summary:

""In Pursuit of Knowledge" explores Black women and educational activism in Antebellum America"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Early American Places

ISBN:

1479823112
9781479823116

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1091845390

LCCN:

2019009450

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)